Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:56:51 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Dan" wrote in message
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I'll make an offer - done deal!

Seriously, can you just pull it off the market? Don't you have a
brokerage agreement that favors...the broker? I guess you could hold firm
on your price and hope he walks but you probably have a 90 day contract.
The terms of the broker's contract allow you to take it off the market at
any time, however if you sell it within a certain time frame afterward (I
think it's either 6 months or a year) to a party that the broker brought to
the table through his sales/advertising efforts, you are obligated to pay
him a commission. Fair enough.

Now, I am thinking of selling the Scout 202 Sportsfish but I'll probably do
that without using a broker. It's been sitting unused for quite a while but
only has something like 24 hours on the engine meter. I held on to it in
case I got the itch to do some small boat fishing with a trailerable boat,
but I don't think it's going to happen. Too many other activities right
now.

It will be a great deal for someone who wants to do a little cleanup,
probably install a couple of new batteries and do some basic maintenance. I
listed it over on rec.boats.marketplace the other day and have already
received a couple of emails from interested parties. Problem is, they want
to know "why so cheap?"

I'm curious if any of them are serious.

Last time I posted on rec.boats.marketplace for the Halman I had
around 100 inquiries, no takers.


It's sort of like eBay. Everyone wants a steal. I've always sold boats
by letting a few people know I have one for sale, and I've always had
dealers that were helpful one way or another. I had two offers for Yo-Ho
over the winter. One guy got transferred to the flatlands unexpectedly,
and the other's bank turned him down. And I don't have it listed
anywhere, nor have I taken out an ad.